Handbook : Organizing to win by the political district plan a handbook for working suffragists. 1914
Laidlaw, H.B. (Harriet Burton), b. 1874
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women--Political activity--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
This handbook was created originally for the Woman Suffrage Party of New York, but was then made available to state and local organizations throughout the country. The handbook is divided into several sections, and includes:
A seven-step program for creating the policies of woman's suffrage organizations in any state.
Guidance for the political, legislative, propaganda, education, and reform activities for the organization.
An appendix comprised of sample forms, letters, and pledges; suggestions for conventions; and the platform of the Woman Suffrage Party.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
1914-07
Compiled by H.B. Laidlaw
20 p.
English
DOCU.1914.04
Leaflet : Suggestions for election district captains. [1917]
Elections
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women--Suffrage--New York
Leaflet provides instructions for election district captains in advance of the 1917 election in New York. It was most likely issued by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
[National American Woman Suffrage Association]
1917
4 p.
English
DOCU.1917.39
Leaflet : To women voters.
Citizenship
Dulwich Conservative Association
Dulwich (London, England)
Great Britain. Representation of the People Act (1918)
Politics
Unionist Party
Voting
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Published by the Dulwich Conservative Association of England after the passage of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, which granted the vote to women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification. The Act also gave the vote to all men over the age of 21. This leaflet attempts to educate new voters on the responsibilities of voting, with a discussion of the following:
1. What Politics are.
2. The Party System of Government
3. The Duties of Citizenship
4. The Unionist Party
Dulwich Conservative Association
Dulwich, England : W.W. Russell & Co.
[1918-1919]
4 p.
English
DOCU.1000.32
Dulwich (London, England)
Leaflet : Instructions for women watchers. November, 1915
Elections -- New York (State) -- New York -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Elections
Honest Ballot Association
New York (State) -- New York
Woman Suffrage Party of New York City
Women election officials
Instructions for poll-watchers by George Kessler, Secretary of the Honest Ballot Association, New York City, to help curb illegal corruption or maneuvers to change the results of the election. The booklet reviews the rights of watchers, the ways in which improper voting or improper tallies may occur and how watchers can lodge protests.
Members of the Honest Ballot Association taught classes to women who served as poll-watchers leading up to the New York elections.
Kessler, George W.
Honest Ballot Association
Woman Suffrage Party of New York City
[New York, N.Y. : Honest Ballot Association]
[1915]
14 p.
English
DOCU.1915.35